Aziz El-Shawan
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Aziz El-Shawan
Aziz El-Shawan (b. Cairo, May 6, 1916; d. Cairo, May 14, 1993; first name also spelled 'Aziz and last name also spelled Al-Shawan or Al-Shawān) (Arabic: عزيز الشوان) was an Egyptian composer of classical music. He is particularly known for his opera in Arabic Anas el-Wugood (written 1960-65) which was performed at the Cairo Opera House, 1970(?), 1995.
El-Shawan first studied economics in Egypt, then studied composition with Aram Khachaturian at the Moscow Conservatory in the late 1950s and in 1967-68. His pupils included the Jordanian composer Haytham Sukareya and the Egyptian composers George Kyrillos and Ramz Sabry Samy.
His daughter, Dr. Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, is an ethnomusicologist and teaches at the New University of Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal.
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References
- Castelo-Branco, Salwa El-Shawan (2001). "Egypt: Western Music." In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed.
- El Kholy, Samha (2001). "`Aziz Al-Shawān." In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed., v. 1, p. 420.
- El-Shawan, Aziz (1992). Mawsu`a mujaza li'l musiqa (A Small Encyclopedia of Music). Cairo.
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